About Lori Weisbart-POLSON

Lori is an award-winning artist whose work was selected by a Guggenheim Museum curator for a juried exhibit. Weisbart-Polson began painting and studying art at a young age. In her twenties she attended classes at the Art Students League in New York City and traveled through Southern France on painting workshops. Her artwork is in private collections and galleries across the country. Lori has a BA in Communications from The American University and an Associate Degree in Advertising Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her true love is painting and drawing. In addition to enjoying fine art, Lori has been representing preeminent portrait painters for over twenty years. Clients include MIT, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell. The link to the art consulting site is: www.LoriPolson.com. Before becoming an agent, Lori was an art director for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide in New York City. She has been featured in 201 Magazine and FIT’s Hue Magazine. COMMISSION WORK. WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? LPOLS2@AOL.COMContact the studio for sales and pricing. www.LoriWeisbartArt.com All paintings can be commissioned in any size or color. Lori welcomes questions or ideas that you have. To see work in person visit Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, Piermont NY or book an appointment. For the entire inventory of paintings and drawings please visit www.LWeisbart.com

EXHIBITS

*Guggenheim Museum NYC curator has selected Lori's work for the 107th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 

Greenwich Art Society. Greenwich Art Society, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT

Saatchi & Saatchi New York, NYC

Praxis Center for Aesthetics, NYC

Hotel Nyack, Nyack, NY

The Holy Art Gallery, NYC

Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY: *Juried Winner

Landmark Art Space, Chelsea, NYC *Juried Winner

Penny Hotel, Brooklyn, NYC

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, NYC *Juried Winner

Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC *Juried Winner

Maven Art House, New York, NY *Juried Winner

Ceres Gallery, New York, NYC

Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, Piermont, NY

Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY *Juried Winner

14C Art Fair, Jersey City, NJ *Juried Winner

Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY *Juried Winner

EJ Audi Gallery, New York, NYC 

Westwood Art Gallery, Westwood, NJ
American University, Washington DC

The Gallery at the Rockefeller State Preserve, Pleasantville, NY

Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter NJ

The Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ

Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery, Tenafly, NJ   

Rockland Center for The Arts, Rockland, NY

I infuse thick, juicy, layered paint, energetic, sensual brush strokes, striking color combination and graphic cropping in all of my work. Texture and the way paint and line land on a surface are important. Paintings must come out for me, almost like a sneeze.

Some of my figurative and portraiture work reflect the ”Instagram Generation,” highlighting social media as a fixture in young adult life. Select pieces depict the new self-assured image of women and men and the next generation of empowerment. I may even poke fun at self-absorbed posts.

My landscape and still life paintings evoke strong emotion. Not only are national parks stunning, but so are dirty dishes in a sink.

I hope when the viewer walks away from seeing my paintings, they feel something, anything. Perhaps they will want to create themselves.   

Rick Rubin said it best in his book The Creative Act, A Way of Being, "As artists, we aim to live in a way in which we see the extraordinary hidden in the seemingly mundane. Then challenge ourselves to share what we see in a way that allows others a glimpse of this remarkable beauty.”

201 Magazine, Bergen County NJ, see Press section for full article

City Lifestyle Magazine, NJ, see Press section for full article

Fashion Institute of Technology Hue Magazine, NYC, see Press section for full article

The Villager News, NYC, see Press section for full article

American University Magazine, Washington D.C., see Press section for full article

Ridgewood News, NJ, see Press section for full article

Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery Press, NJ, see Press section for full article